A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Event id: us1000ddey. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ddey. The temblor was detected at 06:06:14 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/04/18 / 2018-04-03 01:36:14 / April 3, 2018 @ 1:36 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 132.02 km (82 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.9785 East, latitude 36.3412 North, depth = 132.02 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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